Obsession, Compulsion, Collection
Auteur: Banff Centre for the Arts, Walter Phillips Gallery
Nombre de pages: 384 pages
ISBN: 1894773055, 9781894773058
Edition: Banff Centre Press
Date de publication: Banff Centre Press
Description: Art museums and public galleries amass collections in order to preserve, document, research and exhibit collective histories as a culture. Edited by Anthony Kiendl, Obsession, Compulsion, Collection is a compilation of essays by leading Canadian and International curators and artists who explore collecting as a cultural act. Examining the meaning of art objects in a broader context, the book seeks to uncover the human impulse to collect and the social context, rhetoric, politics and science associated with cultural collections.
